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Unsettling update in case of missing woman last seen in CVS store parking lot

Nypost · · 495 words · By Ross O'Keefe
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Unsettling update in case of missing woman last seen in CVS store parking lot See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Unsettling update in case of missing woman last seen in CVS store parking lot See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The California Post on Google Police suspect foul play in the disappearance of a 36-year-old Bay Area woman last seen in a Fairfield CVS parking lot in mid-July.

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Police “continue to actively investigate” Chantel Brooks’ disappearance and “based on what detectives have learned during the investigation, it is believed Chantel’s disappearance involved foul play,” a statement from the Fairfield Police Department said.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/19/us-news/police-suspect-foul-play-in-case-of-missin…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Brooks was last seen in the parking lot of a CVS off Travis Boulevard in Fairfield shortly before 2 a.m. on July 17, according to Fairfield police.”
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The claim is explicitly confirmed by Nypost and multiple web search results stating she was last seen in a CVS parking lot off Travis Boulevard in Fairfield shortly before 2 a.m. on July 17.
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web search NEUTRAL — Chantel Brooks was last seen leaving work in San Francisco on July 17 before appearing on surveillance later that night in Fairfield. Fairfield Police now say they believe foul play was involved in he…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/chantel-missing-update
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web search NEUTRAL — Chantel Brooks was last seen in a CVS parking lot on July 17.Police in Fairfield, California, said on Tuesday they believe "foul play" is involved in the disappearance of 36-year-old Chantel Brooks, w…
https://abc7chicago.com/story/foul-play-involved-disappearan…
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web search NEUTRAL — Brooks was last seen in the parking lot of a CVS off Travis Boulevard in Fairfield shortly before 2 a.m. on July 17, according to Fairfield police.
https://dnyuz.com/2026/08/19/unsettling-update-in-case-of-mi…
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Claim 2: “Police suspect foul play in the disappearance of a 36-year-old Bay Area woman last seen in a Fairfield CVS parking lot in mid-July.”
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Multiple independent sources, including a TikTok update and news reports, confirm that Fairfield Police suspect foul play in the disappearance of 36-year-old Chantel Brooks, who was last seen in a Fairfield CVS parking lot in mid-July.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2005 Australia Day Honours are appointments to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 26 January 2005 by the Governor Gener…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Australia_Day_Honours
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the "Fifties" or the "'50s", among other variants) was a decade that began on 1 January 1950, and ended on 31 December 1959. Throughout …
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web search NEUTRAL — Glassdoor is an American website and mobile app owned by Indeed featuring ratings and reviews of companies by current and former employees. [2] In 2018, the company was acquired by the Japanese compan…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glassdoor
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Claim 3: “Surveillance images show Brooks leaving her hotel job at the Le Nain Hotel shortly before 12:30 a.m. that morning.”
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Nypost, KTVU FOX 2, and other web sources confirm surveillance images show Brooks leaving her job at the Le Nain Hotel shortly before 12:30 a.m. on July 17.
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web search NEUTRAL — Surveillance images show Brooks leaving her hotel job at the Le Nain Hotel shortly before 12:30 a.m. that morning. She was believed to be heading home, but her family has not heard from her since.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/18/us-news/woman-missing-for-week…
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web search NEUTRAL — Surveillance video shows Brooks leaving her job at Hotel Le Nain in the 700 block of Eddy Street in San Francisco at about 12:20 a.m. She was wearing a brown, multicolored brimmed hat, a red zip-up sw…
https://www.ktvu.com/news/fairfield-chantel-brooks-missing-u…
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web search NEUTRAL — Surveillance footage showed Chantel leaving her job in the 700 block of Eddy Street in San Francisco shortly after midnight.Chantel Brooks was last seen leaving work in San Francisco on July 17 before…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/chantel-missing-update
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Claim 4: “prompting the woman’s brothers, Calvin and Kevin Robinson, to check the location on her cellphone, according to NBC Bay Area.”
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The claim that Calvin and Kevin Robinson are her brothers and checked her phone is only supported by the Nypost cross-reference citing NBC Bay Area; no other independent sources in the provided evidence confirm this specific family detail.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — A close friend of Brooks raised the alarm after going days without hearing from her, prompting the woman’s brothers, Calvin and Kevin Robinson, to check the location on her cellphone, according to NBC…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/18/us-news/woman-missing-for-week…
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Claim 5: “Police have conducted numerous search warrants in pursuit of evidence, and “multiple coordinated ground searches involving search and rescue resources” through the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, as well as “extensive aerial drone grid searches.””
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated search results about Wells Fargo and general Wikipedia entries for California. No evidence was provided that mentions search warrants, the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, or drone searches for Chantel Brooks.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — California is a state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, and Nevada and Arizona to the east; it also shares an international border with the M…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The California Army National Guard (CA ARNG) is one of three components of the California National Guard, a reserve of the United States Army, and part of the National Guard of the United States. The …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Contra Costa County ( ; Contra Costa, Spanish for 'Opposite Coast') is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2020 United States cen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_Californi…
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Claim 6: “Brooks was last seen wearing a multicolored brimmed hat, a red zip-up sweatshirt, gray sweatpants, and brown furry boots.”
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Nypost and multiple web search results consistently describe her clothing as a multicolored brimmed hat, red zip-up sweatshirt, gray sweatpants, and brown furry boots.
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web search NEUTRAL — At the time, she was wearing a brown, multi-colored brimmed hat, a red zip-up sweatshirt, gray sweatpants, and brown furry boots. The search for Brooks remains ongoing as investigators continue to pur…
https://abc7news.com/post/police-suspect-foul-play-chantel-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Chantel Brooks, 36, was last seen leaving a CVS in Fairfield, California, in the early hours of July 17.Brooks — who is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 180 pounds — was seen wearing a baseball cap, re…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/chan…
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web search NEUTRAL — Brooks was dressed in a multi-colored brimmed hat, a red sweatshirt, gray sweatpants, and brown furry boots. Her vehicle is a black 2021 Infiniti QX50 SUV with California license plate 9SBB134.
https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/19/chantel-brooks-disappearance-…
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Claim 7: “The vehicle has not been found.”
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Multiple sources state that while the car was detected by a Flock camera, it has not been located.
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web search NEUTRAL — Investigators say the search continues for 36-year-old Chantel Brooks. Police said Brooks' vehicle, a black 2021 Infiniti QX50 SUV with California License Plate 9SBB134, was last detected by a Flock c…
https://abc7news.com/post/police-suspect-foul-play-chantel-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Fairfield police confirmed to ABC News that Brooks’ vehicle, a black 2021 Infiniti QX50 SUV with California License Plate 9SBB134, was last detected by a Flock camera – an automated license plate read…
https://abc7chicago.com/story/foul-play-involved-disappearan…
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web search NEUTRAL — Police are asking anyone who has information about Brooks' whereabouts to contact authorities. Investigators have also urged anyone who has seen her vehicle, a black 2021 Infiniti QX50 with California…
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/fairfield-police-dis…
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Claim 8: “Brooks is described as a Black woman, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing about 180 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.”
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Although the 'Evidence for claim 9' section says 'No evidence found', the evidence provided for claim 4 contains a web search result explicitly stating: 'Brooks — who is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 180 pounds'. Other sources confirm she is a Black woman. This matches the claim details.
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Claim 9: “She owns a black 2021 Infiniti QX50 SUV with California License Plate 9SBB134.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm the vehicle is a black 2021 Infiniti QX50 SUV with California License Plate 9SBB134.
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web search NEUTRAL — Fairfield police confirmed to ABC News that Brooks’ vehicle, a black 2021 Infiniti QX50 SUV with California License Plate 9SBB134, was last detected by a Flock camera – an automated license plate read…
https://abc7chicago.com/story/foul-play-involved-disappearan…
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web search NEUTRAL — Police said Brooks' vehicle, a black 2021 Infiniti QX50 SUV with California License Plate 9SBB134, was last detected by a Flock camera in Oakland, but the car has not been located.
https://abc7news.com/post/police-suspect-foul-play-chantel-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Her car is a black 2021 Infiniti QX50 SUV with a California license plate that reads 9SBB134 (Fairfield Police). Brooks was born and raised in San Francisco and came from a big family with 13 siblings…
https://nz.news.yahoo.com/details-emerge-month-san-francisco…
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Claim 10: “Her vehicle’s license plate was seen by a Flock camera in Oakland.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that her vehicle's license plate was detected by a Flock camera in Oakland.
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